Violent competition distorting bill, says Danish trade group

The fact that the government has exempted the parallel importers from the obligation to contribute to the critical medicine stocks creates an extremely competitive situation, says Ida Sofie Jensen chief executive of Lif, the Danish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry.

“Illogical and distorting competition” are the words that Ms Jensen uses about the government's bill on forced storage, which the Minister of the Interior and Health has indicated would be tabled shortly.

“I'm sorry to have to say it so harshly, but this is symbolic politics. Unfortunately. Because supply problems - the real supply problems - can have major consequences for those it affects, and therefore it is something that must be taken seriously," says Ms Jensen.